South Africa 2006

Materials Day by Day

Day 1
Lectures

• Remote Sensing Review (Paolo Antonelli)
• Visible: RGB, Radiance and Reflectance
• Near Infrared: Absorption
• Infrared: Radiance and Brightness Temperature
• Introduction to MODIS (Liam Gumley)
• MODIS Imagery (Liam Gumley)

Labs

• Lab 1: MODIS instrument characteristics and high spatial resolution MODIS image creation
• Creating True Color MODIS Images with HDFLook (Word or PDF)

Data

• MYD021KM.A2006049.1150.005.2006050111939.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2006049.1150.005.2006050111939.destripe.hdf

True Color Data

• MOD021KM.A2003021.1600.004.2003022113345.hdf
• MOD02HKM.A2003021.1600.004.2003022113345.hdf
• MOD02QKM.A2003021.1600.004.2003022113345.hdf
• MOD03.A2003021.1600.004.2003022060031.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2006073.1240.005.2006075012425.hdf
• MYD02HKM.A2006073.1240.005.2006075012425.hdf
• MYD02QKM.A2006073.1240.005.2006075012425.hdf
• MYD03.A2006073.1240.005.2006075005336.hdf

Day 2

Lectures

• Remote Sensing Review (Paolo Antonelli)
• Visible and Near Infrared: Vegetation
• Planck Function
• Infrared: Thermal Sensitivity
• MODIS Level 2 Products (Kathy Strabala)
• MODIS Fire Product (Kathy Strabala)

Labs

• Lab 2: MODIS Cloud spectral properties, Cloud Mask, NDVI and Fire Detection

Data

• MYD04_L2.A2003061.1130.004.2004097122504.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2003061.1130.004.2004079065535.hdf
• MYD35_L2.A2003061.1130.hdf
• MYD04_L2.A2003232.1110.004.2004152130035.hdf
• MYD14.A2003232.1110.004.2004152085610.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2003232.1110.004.2004148203517.hdf
• MYD35_L2.A2003232.1110.hdf

Day 3

Lectures

• Remote Sensing Review (Paolo Antonelli)
• Bit Depth
• Radiative Transfer Equation in the Infrared
• MODIS Ocean Products (Liam Gumley)

Labs

• Lab 3: MODIS Cloud Spectral Properties, Cloud Mask, NDVI and Fire Detection

Data

• MYD021KM.A2003061.1130.004.2004079065535.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2003232.1110.004.2004148203517.hdf
• MOD021KM.A2005006.0950.005.2005071171157.hdf
• MYD021KM.A2006073.1240.005.2006075012425.hdf

Day 4

Lectures

• Remote Sensing Review (Paolo Antonelli)
• Infrared at High Spectral Resolution (Basic Principles and Limites in Infrared Remote Sensing)
• AIRS Instrument, Measurements, Retrieval Algorithm, Applications, and Future Sensors (Allen Huang)

Labs

• Lab 4: AIRS retrievals, spectral signatures, and SO2 detection

Data

• AIRS.2005.08.28.103.atm_prof_rtv_npc030.hdf
• AIRS.2005.08.28.103.L1B.AIRS_Rad.v4.0.9.0.G05241172839.hdf
• AIRS.2002.10.28.123.atm_prof_rtv_npc030.hdf
• AIRS.2002.10.28.123.L1B.AIRS_Rad.v2.6.10.3.A02302200913.hdf
• AIRS.2006.02.18.118.atm_prof_rtv_npc030.hdf
• AIRS.2006.02.18.118.L1B.AIRS_Rad.v4.0.9.0.G06049152650.hdf
• AIRS.2006.02.18.119.atm_prof_rtv_npc030.hdf
• AIRS.2006.02.18.119.L1B.AIRS_Rad.v4.0.9.0.G06050114135.hdf